Empty
Maria Ní Mhurchú
My glass is nearly empty
Waiter !
The same again
I like the look of you
When you’re looking like that !
You don’t give a Damn
The attraction
The redemption
I look in your eyes
And I’m greeted with love
The white of your eye
In it… a winged creature
A dove
My love
Damn you I don’t want another drink
I’d love a chat
And a coffee cup
Half full this time
No dairy…
No such thing as half empty
In my diary….
The Aurora Borealis
Maria Ní Mhurchú
A butterfly lands softly on my finger
And smiles up at me
Her wings are rich in colour
Golden like the sun
With a delicate sliver of sliver
Running through them
Her antenna a gorgeous vermillion
With great big bright blue eyes
“I’ll grant you one wish” she says…
“if you won’t stamp on me”
Moths scare the hell out of me
I wish I could meet my blondy boy
It’s been seven years…
That’s my one true love-wish I say
Fear gripping my body
Because of this tiny little creature
Tears welling behind my eyes
Close your eyes
Tightly – she says
I catch my breath and do as I am bid
Isn’t courage, fear holding on a minute longer?
I feel droplets of dew falling on my face
I feel free
And throw myself under the shower of rain
Dancing the salsa like a mad-woman
Feeling like this fairie friend had lifted
My magical curse of shyness
There’s a rainbow in the sky
The butterfly disappears into a myriad of colour
And I see Ian coming towards me
Wheeling his bicycle
And an umbrella in his other hand
Just for me
The umbrella
Is a myriad of butterflies.
An Adventure
Maria Ní Mhurchú
Today is the first day
Of the rest of my life.
I say that every day 😉😉
The roof is on fire 🔥
My heart ❤ was broken
To smithereens
A crying shame
But now it’s raining
And like a bat out of Hell
I escaped your clutches
I might release an album
I might shout it from
The burning roof top
I think I’ll stick
The kettle on
And have a nice cup of tea
Because I’m free…
Thanks to the Paraclete
I’m on my way
Though I don’t know
Where I’m going
But I don’t care
I’ve got You to look after me
On my next adventure.
Sam
I always thought
Sam’s 😇 👼
Was dark because
Sam is black.
I now realise that
Sam’s angel is brighter
Than any star is the sky
Because his heart ❤
Is bigger than the Sun
And his love 💘 ❤
Is unconditional.
Flakes
Maria Ní Mhurchú
Scrolling down thru Instagram
There are
Thin girls
Skinny latte girls
Girls with abs
Working out
Walking out
Wilting over a piece of let-us
Let us see
Girls
Cubby girls
Fat girls
Ordinary girls
Not filtered
Every day beauties…
Girls escaping the misery of Covid-19
By being in touch with
Family
Social – distancing
But staying in touch
In their world where
Common sense prevails…
I had 4 Cadbury flakes
Last night
I’m heavy for my height
I try to manage my weight
As best I can
During the lockdown
I admit
I may have gone a bit mad
But I’m no flake….!!!!!
Maria Ñí Mhurchú
He came into this world
With nothing
Like all of us
He grew up
With a loving ❤ family
To look after him.
Many of us
Are that lucky…
He went to the Temple
When he was twelve
And lost track of time
Mom and Dad distraught
Fearing they’d lost him
Like today’s
Moms and Dads…
A lot like today’s teenagers
Jesus was intelligent
He wasn’t afraid to speak
With the scribes
Who were so well versed
In the Old Testament.
Girls fall for boys every day
It’s human nature
Girls find boys divine
Jesus was as Divine
As he was human
He never put a foot wrong
Ask Mary Magdalen !
Cupids Concoction
Maria Ní Mhurchú
Everytime we say goodbye
I allow you to go
I can’t hear the Blackbird
Sing about it
Raven wings
A scarlet beak
A red blooded sword
Like…
When you’re near
There’s magic
Everytime you say hello
I hear the Robin
Shot thru her red breast
With Cupids arrow
One hundred days
A week
Or a lifetime
I’ll wait for
Cupids kiss 💋
Of life
Until I’m strong again…
Molasses Madness
Maria Ní Mhurchú
He makes me long for you
A new religion
Brings me to my knees
With his little boy smile
I’m a better friend
I’ll make sure
I get to you
And we’ll make 💘
Under a Southern sky
With a bottle of Southern Comfort
We don’t need to talk
We can just be
While you hold my hand
As we lie together ❤
While we are still
Hiding from Covid-19…
My Fairie Child
Maria Ní Mhurchú
My little one
Where did you go to
Disappear from me
And fly away
To go to Tír na n-Óg
On the wings of a snow white dove
Where you left me hanging for so long
To a delicate silvery moon 🌙
That lit up your wings of gossamer
And pierced the turbulent dark night
Making shadows where I stand
Dreaming in the mist
Either of Spring or Summer
Every moment I’m awake…
These dreams go on forever
I walk across an empty land
My fairie- friend
Is this the place we loved
To take a candle
And light it
From a falling star 🌟
But I rely on you to come back
To come back to me
And rekindle my fire 🔥
Or is this the end of everything
Can we go somewhere
Only we know
My fairie friend
Of yore
